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Noun: basket  bãs-kit
  1. A container that is usually woven and has handles
    "She carried a basket full of fresh produce from the farmer's market";
    - handbasket
     
  2. Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
    "The player's shot swished cleanly through the basket";
    - basketball hoop, hoop
     
  3. A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
    "Her three-point basket at the buzzer won the game";
    - field goal
     
  4. The quantity contained in a basket
    "there was a basket of ironing to do";
    - basketful

Derived forms: baskets

Type of: basketball equipment, container, containerful, goal, score

Encyclopedia: Basket, Pennsylvania